3. Are your numbers displayed in Aribic (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) or are theydisplayed in your local language?

We have half-width (ASCII) and full-width displayed numbers. Theformer one is mostly used so there should be of no problem. (Chinesecharacters are used to be twice wide as monospace Latin. So for somecases, double width numbers/alphabets may be used.)

One thing you may need to know that we use 10^4 as a "set" whilewestern worlds use 10^3. But I guess you don't need to consider here.

Thank you very much for considering my questions. I hope, with your help, tomake an activity that is easily localized to your area.

I want to ask more about 10^4 vs 10^3 but I will wait until after I havestudied the link you gave me.

In "English", there are names: hundred (H) for 10^2, thousand (K) for10^3, and then million (M) for 10^6, billion (G) for 10^9... and so onfor every 10^3.In Chinese, the names are: $B==(B (shi) for 10^1, $BI4(B (bai) for 10^2, $B@i(B(qian) for 10^3, $Bh_(B (wan) for 10^4, $B2/(B (yi) for 10^8, $BC{(B (zhao) for10^12... for every 10^4.(you need proper fonts with Chinese characters here.)http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... iant=zh-tw

3. Are your numbers displayed in Aribic (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) or are theydisplayed in your local language?

That's Westernized Hindu-Arabic numerals, or local. You can find allof the alternative number characters in the Unicode Standard,including Arabic, Indic, Chinese, Tibetan, and others.

4. Is there anything else about numbers in your area that I need to know?

Yes, it's quite complicated. The CLDR documentation explains aboutalternative decimal marks (3,14159), thousands separators (1.000.000)and other groupings (e.g. 1,00,000 = 1 lakh in India), and gives someguidance about which countries and languages use which. There is FreeSoftware for a dialog box that allows users to set all of theparameters to their liking.

Thank you very much for considering my questions. I hope, with your help, tomake an activity that is easily localized to your area.

Little do you know how little you know of the little you do know.(Goon Show, 1950s, by Spike Milligan)